Feedback

After the first draft deadline we then showed our opening sequence to the rest of the class. We gave them each a sheet and asked them to comment on both the good and bad things that made our film. From this we could recognise our strengths and try input these back into the weak parts of our sequence.

The strongest part of our film was definitly the flash backs that were recognised by all the clas. Many also commented on the editing techniques and how they worked well in creating atmosphere and tesnion.

However many also commented on the first part of the sequence in which the news reporter is summarising what has happened. Although they said it helped explain the storyline the sound was unclear and had unwanted noises in the background. they also criticised the reaslism of the news reporter. From this we went away and researched different news prgrammes to see what it was we needed to do to make them look more realistic. We found that along the bottom of the screen there were other news bulletins and when talking a corresponding picture would appear on the side of them. We took these ideas and i then incorporated them into our report.

We also made other changes to the sequence and then showed it to friends aged on average of 17 as this is our intended target aduience.

Treatment

The opening sequence starts off with a live news report explaining the recent kidnappings. This helps to evaluate the story so far to the viewers so it was clear and easy for the audience to understand the rest of the clips.

We then fade to a black out and the camera fades back to a long shot of a wall, of which is covered in newspapers all featuring the kidnaps. A series of super imposed shots then appear on screen which close ups of the previous news stories.

The camera then fades out to another long shot of a hooded man staring at the paper covered wall. He is tense and still apart from some slight movement of him touching / admiring the papers. This is done to introduce the audience to the kidnapper who is one of the main characters in out film.The camera zooms in to the back of his head and snaps to a series of flashbacks. These are made up of both the kidnapper running through a wood and different children he has kidnapped.

During the past 2 scenes backing music will be played.The camera then blacks out again taking us in the title sequence. This is made up newspaper articles in which our names are edited into. The camera pans across the appropriate article, then freezes and the name will fade to red. This will be repeated for all four group members (Caroline Lauren Natalie and Robyn)
The sequence finished with an extreme close up of the kidnapper’s eyes and a voice over is in the background. (This will consist of a few line read by the kidnapper)

Risk Assessment

Above is a copy of my risk assesment sheet. I did the risk assesment to ensure each of our locations were as safe as possible. We gave all possible situations a mark out of 5, including acts of God.

Script

Below is a copy of our scripts -

Scene 1;

Fade to female news reporter who is reading about the latest kidnapping.
This will be filmed whilst being played back on t.v


News Reporter

Good evening, I am Penny Hartley and this is your evening news.
Another girl is missing in the Yorkshire are, making this the fifth
disappearance of young children in the last 2 months
Nobody can certify who is responsible for these disturbing
disappearances and police have said they feel there is an obvious
link between all five kidnaps.
We now go over to John, our correspondent in Otley where the latest
kidnap took place.

Camera fades to black


Scene 5;

Extreme close up of the kidnappers eyes. Script is read as a voice over.

Kidnapper:

The look in their eyes, I can feel the fear.
I just cant help myself. Im loosing control......(laugh)
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
down will come baby cradle and all.

Camera fades to black

Shoot List

After finishing all of the planning for our Opening Sequence we had to create a shoot list which would help us with the following;

The day of the shoot
Which scenes would we be shooting
Who would be needed
Infomation on the location/studio
The props
The actors/ actresses involved and
The camera equipment

Below is a picture of part of our shoot list. We have aimed to complete the filming over a course of 4 days and although we will try stick to this it may be it takes longer due to any set backs such as lighting issues, re-takes ect.

Location

We visited a many different locations in order for us to find the best setting for our opening sequence.
We took pictures of the all different places and then as a group decided which locations we thought would be most appropriate for our film.

The majority of our filming takes place in a small dark room, however it is just one of the walls
of the room that will be seen on video;

As you see from the picture below our first thought was to use a plain wall from a room of someones house. Although it would have been convenient to use it someones house it was important that we found a setting that fitted all the asoects we were looking for. The lighting and colours, were not exactly what were looking for and therefore it was not be suitable for our film.

Our next idea was to use a room from a local block of offices, however the only rooms available may not have been large enough to cater for the types of camera shots we intended to use.

Finally we found a reasonable size room at school that would again give us easy access and was also a good match to the kind of setting we had talked about earlier on in the project.

Our second main setting for our opening sequence is for our news reporter. Again our first instinct was to put a table and chair in front of a white wall at one of our homes however after a quick screen test we found this too wouldn't be suitable for our sequence as is just didn't look professional enough.

Instead we have chosen to use our media classroom at school as there is a drop down projector screen will work perfectly for the background and the large desk in front makes it look much more realistic.

In rest of our scenes it is made up the flash backs which kidnapper is experiencing. To film this we simply used the houses and gardens of in which our actors/actresses live. We will also use the local parks and forests for any other shots that may need to be taken.

Auditions

Natalie had the job of finding characters for our Opening Sequence and she decided to hold some auditions on people that could be right for the parts.
The auditions were held for the two main characters in the opening sequence; The News Reader and The Kidnapper. The audience consisted of them reading a several lines from the draft scrpit to see how they acted infront of a camera.Some of the people who tried out were asked to repeat the scene once appropriate feedback had been given. After all the auditions had finished we then had edited the clips together and sit down as a group and discuss who we thought would fill the part the best.
By auditioning people it ment we could see a wide range of people and then choose those who best suited the part for our opening sequence.

Below are some screen shot of some people who auditioned but unfortunatly we didnt think they would fit the part of the news reader or the kidnapper.


Name; Mary Abberton

Role; News Reporter

Reason for rejection; Mary was one of the first to audition and one of the last to be rejected, however dispite her excelent performance marys age was the main reason to her rejection.

Name; Emma Talbot

Role; News Reporter

Reason for rejection; Emma was one of the people who were asked to repeat the scene. Our cast manager gave he some points in which she could improve her performance, however after a second take we found her performance just the same, including the faults we first pointed out. This is reason Emma was rejected.



Name; Natalie Bates

Role; News Reporter

Reason for rejection; Natalie is part of our production group and for that reason alone we decided that it would not be suitable for her to take part in the acting when she would be needed behing the camera, something we felt was more important




Name ; Sam Drake

Role; Kidnapper

Reason for rejection; Although sam played this role very well at the audiction, we felt his age caused a problem. To make the film realistic we need to have realistic characters, and therefore due to his age was the reason for his refusal

Step Outlines

Here on the left is a photograph of our step outlines.
The step outlines are short summaries of each scene, something we will take when doing our filming to help the director along.

Each step outline included the following ;

Slugline -Using the abbreviation ‘Int.’ or ‘Ext.’ to show internal or external locations.Including a short one sentence factual description of the location. Include an indicate of the time of day/night, for example with ‘Day’

Endpoint of the last scene - A one sentence summary of where the action left off in the previous scene
Characters involved in the scene - a list of the character names

Point of scene - a sentence to explain what the audience is meant to learn or understand about people, places, themes etc in this scene

Scene description -
1. A scene is determined by the ending of a time or location – for example a cut to another place, or when someone walks from one room to another is classed as a ‘scene’.
2. Describe the setting and what goes on in it.
3. As it is a description of action and should not contain dialogue – where characters speak, it should be explained what they say or talk about, not scripted.
4. You can explain particular camera shots, transitions etc, but this may not be necessary at this stage..

Storyboard

We have now gone on to create a storyboard for our opening sequence of the Crime Thriller.
It was Carolines responsibility to make sure it was all complete in time for us to film.
This is a very important stage to our planning process as when we come to film the opening sequence we can refer back to this when filming.
It includes a sketch of the scene and below is the relevant information. This consisted of the shot number, a brief explanation to what is happening, the camera work, dialogue, the sound, editing and shot duration that would take place in each scene.
The Storyboard is what something we will take when doing our filming to help when we need to refer back to our plan. It will also allow us to compare the final result with our first ideas, which will enable us to see what worked and what didnt.

After sketching this storyboard we are now going to complete a photographed storyboard so it is much clearer for us to follow.

Further Research

We each decided to do some extra research for the opening sequence of our film which would help us when filming.

We created a poster on editing, camerawork, audience, mise en scene and lighting found generally in the opening sequences of films with a crime/thriller genre;

We then chose to look at the opening sequence to 'Se7en'. With this we looked deeper into what it was made this opening sequence so well known. By looking at this film we could take some ideas from it and add our own ideas towards our Opening Sequence. Below is copy of my research poster :

Summaries of group research

After looking into our own individual opening sequences we then compared all our summaries to establish a wider ranger of reserch into opening seuences. We focused on the camerawork, editing, sound, characters, lighting, special effects and mise en scene. Below is the list of films we research with a genre of crime thriller;


Dark hours
Green mile
Kiss the girls
Scilence of the lambs
Kill Bill Volume 1
Feardotcom
Se7en
The Dark Knight


We also did some research into film openings that a genre specifically of either crime or thriller. Helping us focus on just one of the genres in more detail. They are as follows;


Saw 2 (Thriller)
Jaws (Thriller)
Oceans 13 (Crime)


Below is a table of what we found. We did this to help compare the films more easy. It was also a neat way of displaying our results;

Summary of all three films

When looking at my three film i was trying to focuse on the following to help with my research:

1. How narrative, characters and genre are established
2. How the sequence uses 'micro' features, such as camerwork and editing to do the above

After watching the opening sequences of Feardotcom, Oceans 13 and Kill Bill Volume 1, i have decided to summarise the 3 films together to see how they establish what i am focusing on and to help me with my opening sequence of a Crime Thriller.

• In all the opoening sequences that i have watched we meet at least one main character
• A title sequence is used within the first two minutes of all the opening sequences
• We find out what the film is called in all the opening sequences
• There is clues throughout all of the opening sequences of what the genre is
• We learn in two of the films what kind of storline it has (Feardotcom and Kill Bill-volume1). In Oceans 13 we kind of understand what the storyline will be about but it is not fully set out for us.

Ocean's 13

In the opening sequence of Oceans 13 we meet two men who look as if they will be the main characters of the film.
During the whole of the opening sequence we never find out;
Who they are?
What their names are?
What they do?
But the opening sequence introduces them as the main characters and a situation that one of them is in.

Most of the opening sequence is in darkness to emphasis the fact that the first character that we meet isn’t supposed to be where he is. The first main character played by Brad Pitt appears from the top of the screen on a bungee wire, which has obviously come from the ceiling. He is wearing dark clothing and a balaclava, so as at first we don’t know what he looks like or who he is.
The setting of the opening sequence is what looks like a lab, but the characters that are in it are all dressed in black and don’t look as though they shouldn’t be there. They could be spies, detectives or criminals but we never find out throughout the whole of the opening sequence.

Diegetic sound is used throughout most of the opening sequence, such as clicking, sound of buckles, footsteps and Brad Pitts phone ringing and him talking to someone. Upbeat music is used while Brad walks towards the plane parked outside.

As Brad Pitt starts walking through, what looks like a lab, a tracking shot is used to follow him into another room where other people in the room are with torches searching for things. A tracking shot is used so they audience can make out where he is walking towards, if they had used a point of view shot we would still see where they were going but it wouldn’t have been as effective of as watching him walk somewhere.

The lighting used through the whole of the section when they are in the lab is darkness apart from the light of the torches and the slight light creeping in from the windows.

When he reaches the separate room where all the other people are he reaches towards a machine which lights up. A medium shot is used for a view of the side of him looking towards the screen, until his phone rings and it pans across to the front of him and he answers his phone.
Brad: ‘Yep’, (takes of the balaclava and we finally see who he is)
‘Where is he?’
‘Gotta go…’
The music starts up. It is upbeat music, giving the feeling of an action film. The instruments used seem like saxophones and drums, the music is Non – diegetic as the character can not hear it while he is walking out of a building but we as an audience can.

As Brad Pitt walks out of the glass building there is a low angle shot of him making him look powerful to the audience. He is wearing a smart suit and carrying a briefcase showing that he maybe has a powerful or important job.
A crabbing shot is then used of him walking towards a plane. This sequence is at night so it is dark outside with the light of the city in the background behind him. It looks as if he is in New York. The lighting used while he is outside walking towards the plane is low key lighting.

While he is walking towards the plane the title sequence starts. The name of the film and the name of producers (Warner Brothers) are what appear on screen in a normal small font in red and white colour which is a contrast to the background they are on. The titles wipe on and off screen sideways simply.
The plane that he walks onto is posh and looks very expensive. It is a small private plane with modern interior which obviously means that whoever owns it has a well paid job and is rich, either Brad Pitt or George Clooney who we meet later.

A medium long shot is used as he walks into the main part of the plane where another man is sat and an over the shoulder shot is used to introduce the new character (George Clooney).
Both of the men start talking about something (maybe a mission?) but we don’t really know what it is. While the two men are talking the camera work used is shot reverse shot so we see the expression of the each of the characters when the other is talking to them. The camera focuses on the character that is talking. The two men seem to be colleagues; they are both wearing suits and are talking about something to do with some business that needs to be talked about.
Like most opening sequences of films, not a lot of speech is used so we don’t know what is happening until the film starts up properly, this is done to grip the audience that are watching so they want to know what else is going to happen.
After both of the men have stopped talking there is shot of outside the window of the sky as the plane sets of, so we know they are changing location. The shot of outside has low key lighting which is a contrast to all of the lighting used before, it is very difficult for us to make out what is outside. The lighting used through the whole of the opening sequence changes with each scene that he is in.

In the opening sequence of Oceans 13 we can not specifically tell that it is a Crime film but by the characters, setting and the situation that the main characters are in it seems like the genre of a Crime film. In addition we seem to meet two of the main characters and learn what kind of situations they get involved with. Them been detectives or criminals is what they seem to be involved in.

Feardotcom

In the beginning of the opening sequences parts of computers are brought up onto screen in black and white colour. This gives the emphasis of a horror movie because of the dark colours used and the music used in the background. The computer parts also correlate with the film title ‘Feardotcom’ as it is an internet website.
The images of the computer parts are superimposed over each other and are fussy on screen giving an eary feel to the title sequence. The parts of the computers are easy to notice, and are used to help us understand what the film is going to be about.
The title ‘FearDotCom’ pans across the bottom of the screen in white writing and it uses a plain black background to give contrast. The title then fades off while the next scene appears on screen.
The sound in the title sequence builds up through the scene, using drums and drones of sound. The non digetic sound is eary and sets a sinister mood for the following scene. The font used for the title sequence is long a jagged helping the audience with the feeling of Thriller.
The sound then fades out from the title sequence and is replaced with the sound of thunder and rain. This is done to take you out of the build up and put you straight the scene with the old man and makes you feel alone and aware of what is going on screen. Digetic sound is used all the way through the rest of the opening sequence as it is what we can hear but also what the character would be able to hear, i.e. the rain and lightening.

The first scene flashes onto the screen with a bright light but it then drastically changes to darkness. During the whole scene of the opening sequence darkness is used the give the eary and sinister mood of the film. An old man is walking down the stairs to what looks like an abandoned train station. The old man is very tense and looks to be scared of something as he is dripping with sweat. By using the darkness all the way through the scene it makes you unaware of what else is on the screen or what is following the old man. By using darkness it helps makes the audience tense of what may appear on screen because both the characters and audience are not able to see what is on set.
The rain used is typical throughout the opening sequence is typical for a Thriller which helps the audience with the genre of the film and making the scene cold and wet.
The lightening used helps give brief glimpses of what is actually on screen and creates tension as it is allowing us to see what is hidden on screen and the rain make is wet and damp setting the mood of a thriller. The slight glimpses of light also helps us see the expression on the old mans face, he looks very scared and distressed not knowing where he is or what is going on around him.

The camerawork used throughout the opening sequence of ‘Feardotcom’ is not complexed but at the same time not simple. The camera moves about a lot giving action to the scene. The busy camerawork used makes us want to concentrate more on what is going on because of the dark lighting aswell.
The opening sequence after the title sequence is a close up of someone’s feet and then tilts up to a close up of and old mans face, his nose is bleeding but we never find out why and he look in shock and seem upset about something (maybe the place he is in?).
By using a close up it makes the audience feel trapped and unaware of what is going on in the environment giving the audience a similar feeling of walking into the darkness. When he reaches half way down the stairs the camera shot changes to point of view and another man walks past him in abit of a rush and looking in fear but we still don’t know where the stairs are leading to. As the man starts walking down the stairs there is a low angle shot which is usually used to make the people look powerful but from the look on his face he seem to be very stressed and doesn’t look to be in control of anything. When man reaches the bottom of the stairs and there is a high angle shot, now making him look vulnerable the high angle shot is of him stood in the middle of a large space which looks like an abandoned train station, with abit of a gothic design. The light fittings used have very dim lights placed in them and there are shop designs along the wall which looks like there were shops once replacing what is now smashed window and boarded up doors.
The grey and cold hard feel of the surfaces enhance the atmosphere making it eary. He drops his glasses and looks very confused, lost and worried with panic about were he is. The atmosphere of the underground gives the idea that he shouldn’t be there and creates more tension and suspicion on the opening sequence.
A point of view shot is used as the old man makes his way towards the platform giving the audience the feeling that it is them walking towards the platform.
A strange looking white ball passes by him while he is stood at the edge of the platform which is out of place and as soon as the white ball lands on the rail tracks a little girl dressed in a white dress and pumps with blonde/white hair follows the ball onto the tracks. It looks as though a ghost has appears on screen.

In the opening sequence of Feardotcom is not recognizable as a Crime thriller but we can tell by the lighting, sound and mise en scene used that it is a Thriller. In addition the young girl with the white hair and wearing a white dress bouncing the white ball looks like she will be playing a significant part in the film.

Kill Bill. Volume 1

The whole of the opening sequence of Kill Bill is in black and white, this has been used to make it feel like the past and also makes the setting feel cold which fits the scene where the women gets killed.

The screen fades to black and text appears on screen in white;
‘Revenge is a dish best served cold.’

By using this quote it grips the audience and gives them an idea that the film is going to be about revenge. This is ironic as we learn what happens in the rest of the opening sequence about why the girl gets shot.
The sound used at this point is heavy breathing and whimpering of someone who seems to be in pain, scared or upset. The heavy breathing and whimpering creates suspense as we don’t know who it is until they appear on screen, this sound is digetic as the character and the audience can hear it. No soundtrack is used at the beginning of the opening until the title sequence appears at the end of the first two minutes which then turns to non digetic sound.

There is a quick cut from the plain black screen to an Extreme Close Up of a women laying on the floor, with black and white lighting as if it is old, showing as I said before that it is probably in the past. She is lying on the floor with a cigarette butt next to her on the right and bits of glass.
There is around ten seconds of her lying on the floor crying, which is used to emphasis that she is distressed and upset and create an atmosphere for the audience.
The women lying on the floor has a veil on her head showing that she may have been getting married but we never find out where she is or why she is there or if she actually did get married.

The crying and whimpering builds up more and more and gets more aggressive as we hear heavy footsteps walking along a wooden floor. We can hear the footsteps before we actually see them walking towards the women on the floor.
There is a quick cut to a Close Up of some cowboy boots and a panning shot is used to follow the person walking towards the women. It looks as if it is a man walking towards her, but we never see his face. There is no urgency in his footsteps which shows that he is not in a hurry which is strange as she has blood all over her face and sounds like she is in pain, maybe he has something to do with her been hurt.
There is another quick cut back to the women and the man places his foot next to her in the bottom right corner which shows that he is standing over her. The camera shot is again an Extreme Close Up of the women’s face showing her emotion.

The man starts to talk to her in a calm voice;
‘Do you find me sadistic?’
Meaning does she think he likes pain.
He shouldn’t be asking questions, he should be helping her which again builds on the story that he is not there to help her and has something to do with her covered in blood.
The man then starts to wipe her face with a handkerchief that has a named embroidered on to it – ‘Bill’. This is strange affection towards her as he doesn’t seem to be helping her.
Throughout the whole of the time that the man arrives on the scene the audience is given clues to show us why he may be there and who he is, for example, not rushing to help her or the handkerchief that has the name ‘Bill’ embroidered on and also when he is wiping her face we can see his hands that a wrinkly showing that he may be old.
He then starts to talk to her again teasing her and making her more and more upset and angry and leaving her in pain.
‘I bet I could fry an egg on your head right now.’
Which helps reveal that she is angry and that he knows that she is angry and wants to make her angry?
Also when ‘Bill’ is talking to her he calls her ‘Kiddo’ as if they know each other giving us more clues towards the revenge part that was shown in text at the beginning of the opening sequence.

We then find out that it is over something to do with a baby as she says to him urgently,
‘It’s your baby’
We now know how they know each other, but while she is in the middle of saying this he shoots her in the head.
There is a loud gun shot and it quickly cuts to black screen again to the title sequence.

The title sequence consists actor’s names and the producer of the film. The last part of the title sequence is the title of the film which appears 2 minutes after the film has started to give the audience time to understand what the film is about:
‘KILL BILL – volume 1.’
When the title of the film appears the soundtrack, ‘You shot me down’ starts up, this is ironic as ‘Bill’ has just shot the women in the head.

In the opening sequence of Oceans 13 we can not specifically tell that it is a Crime film but by the characters, setting and the situation that the main characters are in it seems like the genre of a Crime film. In addition we seem to meet two of the main characters and learn what kind of situations they get involved with. We also learn that the film is about revenge from the first opening seconds of the film with the quote that appears on screen.

Textual Analysis

As part of the research for our film we all needed to write up a detailed textual analysis on the opening sequence of three films that have same genre to my production.
I focused on the following to help with my research:

1. How narrative and character and genre are established.
2. How the sequence uses 'micro' features, such as camerawork and editing to do the above.

To to this I chose the following films to watch;

Feardotcom
Oceans 13
Kill Bill - Volume 1

I chose to watch Feardotcom as one of the opening sequences of a film as i believe it uses the title sequences very well and creates alot of tension and understanding in the first two minutes of the film.
I believe Oceans 13 was a good choice of an opening sequence to watch as it is very different to the others because it is just a Crime genre rather than Thriller-Crime.
In addition i thought Kill Bill would be a good choice of opening sequence to watch as it would give us a different idea of how to start off our opening sequence.

Results from the Questionnaire

Here are the results that i collect from the 10 questionnaires that i handed out.

By writing up the results it was easier to show the rest of my group what i had found.

From the results we have chosen:

• The age range for our target audience, been 15
• The genre of the film, been Crime Thriller
• The storyline of the film, to revolve around the idea of a serial kidnapper

Questionnaire

In the research i took the responsibiltiy of writing a questionnaire and handing it out. I handed out 10 of the questionnaires on what ypes of films people enjoy yo watch most out of Comedy, Thriller and Sc-fi

From these result we could plan out own movie to fit the genre with the widest target audience.


Questionnaire for film research

Are you: Male 
Female 

How old are you? 10-11  12-13 14-15 15-16 17-18 18+ 

How often do you watch movies?
All the time 
Often 
Sometimes 
Never 

What movies do you enjoy most?
Comedy 
Thriller 
Sci-fi 

If Comedy is your choice:

Do your prefer:
Spoof 
RomCom 
Documentary 


What amount of characters makes it more effective in the opening sequence of a Comedy?
1 
2 
3 
4 
5+ 

What is your favourite Comedy?
­­­­­­­__________________________

What do you enjoy about it most?
­­­___________________________

What kind of storyline do you enjoy most?
__________________________________

Which of these storylines would grip you most?
Romance 
Thriller comedy 
Spoof 



If Thriller is your choice:

Do you prefer:
Psychological 
Crime 
Horror 

What amount of characters makes it more effective in the opening sequence of a Thriller?
1 
2 
3 
4 
5+ 

What is your Favourite Thriller?
­­__________________________

What do you enjoy about it the most?
______________________________

What kind of storyline do you enjoy most?
__________________________________

Which of these storylines would grip you most?
Kidnap 
Murder 
Stalker 

If Sc-fi is your choice:

Do you prefer:
Time Travel 
Fantasy 
Military 

What amount of characters makes it more effective in the opening sequence of a Sc-Fi?
1 
2
3
4
5+ 


What is your favourite Sc-Fi?
_______________________

What do you enjoy about it most?
___________________________

What kind of storyline do you enjoy most?
__________________________________

Which of these storylines would grip you most?
Out of Space 
Scientific Experiment 
Humorous 

Roles

We now had to decide what roles everyone would be taking on for the rest of the project. These roles are not what the person is doing on their own, but what everyone is doing as a group. The role that they take on it what they are incharge of. They will be making sure everything is running smoothly and finished in time for the deadlines set.
The roles are as follow:

Lauren (Me)
Producer
Scriptwriter
Cinematographer
Location Manager

Caroline
Lighting Engineer
Storyboard
Director

Natalie
Casting Director
Artistic Director
Sound and Foley Engineering

Robyn
Title Designer
Musical Director
Chief Editor

Film Genre

When deciding what genre we would be using as our opening sequence of a film, we had to brianstorm as many genres as we could think of.

These included:

1. Action
2. Adventre
3. Comedy
4. Crime and Gangster
5. Drama
6. Historical
7. Horror
8. Musical
9. War
10. Western
11. Chick-flick
12. Detective & Mystery
13. Fantasy
14. Romance
15. Supernatural

16. Sci-Fi

Our three favourite film genres from this list were, Comedy, Thriller and Sci-fi.

But from looking at these genres we still couldnt decide what film genre to do so we decided to send out a questionnaire for people to fill in telling us what genre of film they prefer to watch.

Opening Sequences

The first lesson that we started the opening sequence of a film project,as research we looked at the opening sequences of 6 films. When looking at them they all had the following 6 things in common. They were as follows:

1. Establishing main characters
2. Establishing setting
3. Music
4. Titles
5. Genre
6. Hint at the plot

All opening seqeunces feature these 6 points, however the plot may not be as recognisable in all opening sequences. By doing this in the open sequence of a film we get an insight into the film and a relationship with the characters involved.